Renee Rose, right, wife of tow-truck driver Allen Rose, hugs a witness to her husband’s fatal accident at his funeral Tuesday at Springs First Church of the Nazarene in Colorado Springs. Rose, a 35-year-old father of two, was dragged to death last week by the driver of a sport utility vehicle. 3B

COLORADO SPRINGS — More than 100 tow trucks led a procession to funeral services Tuesday for Allen Rose, a 35-year-old father of two who was dragged to death last week.

Mourners gathered at Springs First Church of the Nazarene at midday, where they watched a slide show of moments in Rose’s life — snapshots of him as a baby, the birth of his children, the day he took the oath of service with the Army’s 82nd Airborne — and heard him eulogized as “the miracle of Allen Rose.”

“Allen was a positive person,” said his uncle, the Rev. Kevin McMillan. “Allen loved to laugh. Allen was good to the people in his life. Allen was willing to do whatever he could when he was called upon.”

Rose died Feb. 23 when he became tangled in a cable tethering a sport utility vehicle he was preparing to tow. A woman had jumped inside the vehicle and sped away. He was dragged for more than a mile.

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